Head gauge for hatters



Oct. 2 ,1923.

I o. GRAFF HEAD GAUGE FOR HATTERS 4 2 Sheets-Sheet"; 1

Filed July 11 1922 m -I w Oct, 2 1923; 1,469,640

0. GRAFF HEAD GAUGE FOR HATTERS Filed July 11, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented 2, 1923 ot the gauge and which,

osoaa GBAFF, or rn tanntrnia, PENNSYLVANIA.

HEAD GAUGE son HATTERS.

Application filed Jilly 11,

To all whom it mayfconcem:

"Be it known thatI, OSCAR-GRAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Head Gauges for Hatters, of which the following-is a speci- Jlcation.

The object of my'invention is to simplify the construction of head gauges used by batters in fitting a hat to the head and to provide means for holding the parts of the gauge in position after adjustment.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig, 1 is plan view of my improved head gauge; Y

Fig. 2 1S atransverse sectional view; Fig.3 is a sectional plan vie'won the line 3-3, Fig. 2; i

Fig. l is a. perspective view of'oneot the blocks; and 5'is a detachedfperspective i when on the head, arms 4 and 5 are providedf Each pair of. arms is connected'together at the outer ends by pivot pins 6. .i'hl] the back of each block isa plate 7 having pertoratedtlugs 8. The arms are connected inpairs, as -shown, tothese lugs by p ns 9. The arms-are so coupled to" the blo .nd to eachbther that. they term i lazy tongs, which will open as are moved away from the center w. il 'close as the .me is contracted. ."f

In the present mama each alternate m 5 is slotted at-1O anclonl'each. alternate rind is a set screw 11, which extends through l e slot 10 in one of the 5,.asshown in;

features of the invention.

batters, of a series'ol blocks; a coiled spring en 'the' gauge. is: adjusted'to a head, the set scrowsnre loose to allow the gauge? to accommodate itself to the head. Wlien 1822. Serial no; 574,257.

the gauge is in proper position, the screws 11 are turned to. clamp the arms together,

lockingthe gauge in the position in which,

it is adjusted. j r v A head gauge, as hereinbefore described, is light and can be readily handled and quickly and accurately adjustedto the head of a person being fitted. 1 7

While my improved gauge is especially adapted for use by batters, it will be understood that it'can be used for other purposes without departing from the essential I. claim 4 hatters, of a series of blocks assembled to form a ring; and two seriesof arms pivotally connected'to the blocks, the arms of one series crossingthose otthe other series and it. The combination in a head gauge for the arms of one series being pivoted at 2, The combination in a head gauge-for batters, ofa series otblocks assembled to form a ring, eachfblock having an opening therein; a coiled spring in the form of a ring extending through the openings in the blocks; arms pivoted to the blocks'and contheir outer ends to the arms of the other series. r

nected together; and means for locking the arms to hold the blocks 1n the position in w s which they areadjusted.

' 3. The combination in a headgauge for batters, of; a series of blocks assembled to form a ring; two sets of arms pivoted to the blocks, saidarms crossing each other, the f arms of one set being pivoted at their outer ends to the arms of the other set; and'means clamping some of the arms of oneset ,to the arms ofthe other set tojhold the-blocks in the postion which they arej adju'sted.

l. The' co-mbination in ahead; gauge for in the' formof' aringtending to hold the arnis pii 'otally connected and connected to as, blocks together Tyieldingly; ;tvvo-1S@rieso-f i the block's,- forming aniannular lazy tongs I' vsupport for the blocks, certain of the said arms 7 being slotted v and others 'j'ha'ving set screws extending through the slots and arranged to. clamp-the arms' -andholdthe" gauge in the "position in which it is adjusted,

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